Collecting metrics from multiple containers

[roshan8]

Hi,

How do we collect metrics from single box when multiple containers are running on it ?

For example: If 9 containers are running in 2 machines, Those 9 container will be using a random service ports selected by orchestration tool.

In that scenario, How do we collect Apache stats from those 2 boxes (machine-wise/aggregate reports).

Thanks for any help !!

[Lusitaniae]

Hi @roshu10

The best practice for prometheus is to use one exporter for each process you wish to monitor.

If you have 9 apache instances running on 2 machines through docker, you should have another 9 instances of apache exporter along side them.

Most (if not all) exporters are made to work in this way.

[roshan8]

Thanks for your reply :)

qtn1)
Is there any way to run one exporter per server to monitor multiple container ?

qtn2)
if 4 apache containers are running in one box, how can i run 4 exporters ?
4 apache containers will be having random service ports assigned by orchestration tool. I don't want to run 4 exporters manually every time apache container gets created.
How can we automate it ?

[Lusitaniae]

Hi, You have to use the orchestrator tool to automate it. I can’t help much in that but I’m sure you can google something. One of the options required to run this exporter is the scrape url.

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